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Pennsylvania Treatment Centers

in Pennsylvania

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Drug Facts

  • Decreased access to dopamine often results in symptoms similar to Parkinson's disease
  • There are confidential rehab facilities which treat celebrities and executives so they you can get clean without the paparazzi or business associates finding out.
  • 4.4 million teenagers (aged 12 to 17) in the US admitted to taking prescription painkillers, and 2.3 million took a prescription stimulant such as Ritalin.
  • Nearly 170,000 people try heroin for the first time every year. That number is steadily increasing.
  • Pure Cocaine is extracted from the leaf of the Erythroxylon coca bush.
  • One of the strongest forms of Amphetamines is Meth, which can come in powder, tablet or crystal form.
  • In 2003, smoking (56%) was the most frequently used route of administration followed by injection, inhalation, oral, and other.
  • Methamphetamine increases the amount of the neurotransmitter dopamine, leading to high levels of that chemical in the brain.
  • Oxycodone stays in the system 1-10 days.
  • 92% of those who begin using Ecstasy later turn to other drugs including marijuana, amphetamines, cocaine and heroin.
  • Women who use needles run the risk of acquiring HIV or AIDS, thus passing it on to their unborn child.
  • Methamphetamine blocks dopamine re-uptake, methamphetamine also increases the release of dopamine, leading to much higher concentrations in the synapse, which can be toxic to nerve terminals.
  • Heroin creates both a physical and psychological dependence.
  • More than 29 percent of teens in treatment are dependent on tranquilizers, sedatives, amphetamines, and other stimulants (all types of prescription drugs).
  • The U.N. suspects that over 9 million people actively use ecstasy worldwide.
  • A binge is uncontrolled use of a drug or alcohol.
  • The addictive properties of Barbiturates finally gained recognition in the 1950's.
  • Methamphetamine (MA), a variant of amphetamine, was first synthesized in Japan in 1893 by Nagayoshi Nagai from the precursor chemical ephedrine.
  • Steroids can be life threatening, even leading to liver damage.
  • For every dollar that you spend on treatment of substance abuse in the criminal justice system, it saves society on average four dollars.

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